Journals

Music & Science

Music & Science is a new peer-reviewed open access online journal published by SAGE in association with Sempre.

Our point of departure is the idea that science—or, more accurately, the sciences—can help us to make sense of music and its significance in our lives. Music exists in complex and diverse forms across historical time and within and across different societies; music is indisputably a cultural phenomenon but our musicality is grounded in our biology; we need to draw on the sciences to address music's biological materiality, but we must also be attuned to the distinctive functional and discursive properties that are embodied in different cultures' musics.

Hence the need for this journal, which is intended to provide a peer-reviewed platform for researchers to communicate important new insights in music research from the full spectrum of relevant scientific and scholarly perspectives to the widest possible audience. We aim to publish research across the field of music and science as broadly conceived, encompassing studies in cognition, neuroscience and psychoacoustics; development and education; philosophy and aesthetics; ethnomusicology and music sociology; archaeology and ethology; music theory, analysis and historical studies; performance science and practice-based research; computational approaches and studies in digital culture; acoustics, sound studies, and soundscape studies; music therapy; and clinical implications and approaches, including psychoneuroimmunology, health and well-being. Our goal is to be truly interdisciplinary: to give researchers from the many different scientific traditions that have been applied to music the opportunity to communicate with—and to learn from—each other, while encouraging dialogue with music scholars whose work is situated in artistic, performative or humanistic domains. In short, we aim to publish research from any discipline or perspective that can illuminate—or that can be illuminated by—scientific approaches to understanding music.

If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable. This APC covers the cost of publication and ensures that your article will be freely available online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons licence. As of 1^st January 2020 the APC will be 400 USD. A 50% discount on the prevailing APC rate is available to all members of SEMPRE. The APC is based on the date of original peer review submission. All articles submitted before 1st January 2020 will remain eligible for the lower APC regardless of the article's acceptance date. If the paying party is based in the European Union, to comply with European law, value added tax (VAT) must be added to the APC. Providing a VAT registration number will allow an institution to be exempt from paying this tax, except for UK institutions.

For more information about the journal please visit https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/music-science/journal202491

Psychology of Music

Psychology of Music (ISSN 0305-7356) is the journal of Sempre. Since January 2003, Psychology of Music has been published by Sage.

Individual membership of Sempre brings you a free print and online subscription to 'Psychology of Music'.

To join the Society for an individual rate of 35GBP please visit our Membership page.

For more information about the journal please visit http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201640.

Impact

• Impact Factor: 1.712
• 5-year Impact Factor: 2.1
• for more information, please visit SAGE's metrics page: https://journals.sagepub.com/metrics/pom

The entire journal archive is available in electronic format to members and subscribers courtesy of Sage. Please click here for more information.

Submit your article(s) online at the Psychology of Music SAGETRACK website (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pom). Please log onto the website, where you will find full instructions for creating an account and uploading your manuscript.

Further guidance for authors can be found at Sage's Psychology of Music site.

Research Studies in Music Education

Research Studies in Music Education (ISSN1321-103X) was founded in 1993 to provide a quality peer-reviewed research publication for the Asia-Pacific region. In the ensuing years RSME has developed as a highly regarded international journal publishing scholarly research articles from and for music education researchers. As of January 2007 RSME has affiliated with the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre), and is published by SAGE for a global audience.

RSME provides an international forum for the dissemination of research in music education and the related fields of the philosophy, psychology and sociology of music education. The journal seeks to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage dialogue between researchers internationally on both substantive and methodological issues in music education research.

Published studies report a broad range of issues in music education including curriculum and assessment, pedagogy, developmental theory, comparative music educational studies, and, the theory and practice of music education. The journal emphasises research that investigates issues in music learning and teaching as it occurs in educational settings in schools and communities.

You can access the journal's official page at SAGE's website [http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201863]. Membership of Sempre brings you a free online subscription to RSME, plus the opportunity to purchase a print subscription at a discounted rate.